Dash for Dad

Last year I heard about a really cool race...a couple of weeks after the race occurred.  The race was called Dash for Dad, and it was sponsored by the Conrad Pearson Clinic, which is my dad's urologist group.  How perfect is a race that benefits prostate cancer research?  So I was sure to sign up for this year's race insanely early, like six months early, which was right around mom's birthday.  For mom's birthday she received a pair of running pants and an email confirmation that she had registered for a 5K race.  I'm sure she was really hoping for a normal gift like a gift card, but she did not raise me to be normal.
Mom and I planned to train (not together) and run (again, not together) the 5K race in April.  The course started and ended at the Botanic Gardens, which means it is a beautiful race route.  Except the only time the Botanic Gardens isn't beautiful is when it is 40 degrees in April and flooding so the ground has turned into mud.  Being the professional athletes that we are, we were not deterred by the weather conditions.  We showed up; we ran; we even had a cheering section of two (Popsey and Lindsey) who passed their time during the run eating donuts at the after-race tent.
Prostate cancer is a bully in my family and has claimed too many victims. I'm glad mom and I were able to run a race to prove we are out to beat this heinous disease.